Itema, the leading global provider of advanced weaving solutions, announced financial results for the first half of 2014 (H1 2014) exceeding expectations and register-ing a further growth to the already spectacular results of 2013.

Kanchipuram is famous for two things - temple and silk. The traditional silk saree weaving industry of Kanchipuram is believed to be of time immemorial origin, writes R Haripriya and VR Giri Dev. Spirituality, secularism, culture, tradition, temples, worship have been divinely connected with the holy silk sarees of Kanchi.

At this year´s ITMA Asia, Staubli was producing Jacquard fabrics on four weaving machines. As a noteworthy premier, Staubli demonstrated the production of lining fabric on the world´s most modern Jacquard machine